Where does “boscus” come from?

boscus (Latin) comes from Frankish busk, from Proto-Germanic buskaz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰuH- — to become, grow, appear.

boscus (Latin): wood, woodland

Definitions

  1. wood, woodland

Ancestry of “boscus”, step by step

boscus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Frankish busk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frankishbuskbush; bush, thicket
2Proto-Germanicbuskazbush; thicket
3Proto-Indo-EuropeanbʰuH-to become, grow, appear

via Germanic unknown

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanicunknown—

Words derived from “boscus”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰuH- →